William Dunshea

1879-1967

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1417

About

Born in Australia

28 July 1879
Parent

Mother

H. Dunshea Sr.
Residence

Hometown

Motu
Work

Occupation

Bushman

Employer

E. Richardson, Motu
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 1st Australian Horse

    2 years in Australia

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 87

    21 February 1967

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 59/0036355, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 4.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “William Dunshea (1879-1967)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/230